New research reveals that ancient Easter Island was not isolated but played a key role in spreading ceremonial traditions ...

The ingenious minds at Primitive Technology recreate a Polynesian root-based superfood recipe that delivers energy-packed ...

Groundbreaking research undertaken by Uppsala University and published in the journal Antiquity (via Ancient Origins) has rewritten previously held beliefs about the remote society of Rapa Nui, also ...

The U.S. military wants to continue live-fire training at Pohakuloa, a high-altitude plateau on Hawaii’s Big Island ...

Rice is difficult to grow in the Pacific, so how did it end up in a cave? Archaeologists reveal the hidden history of this ancient and well-travelled grain.

Long-standing questions about the migration of early modern humans in East Asia may finally be answered, thanks to a rare and ...

The beachside town of Kailua could be designated a burial ground, affording more protection to a roughly estimated 3,000 ...

Long before European colonizers sighted the continent, legendary explorer Hui Te Rangiora may have seen Antarctica.

Flickr/Ken Lund Pu’ukoholā Heiau National Historic Site In 1790, a Hawaiian priest named Kapoukahi delivered a prophecy that ...

Meet the Māori people of New Zealand, who are preserving their culture through storytelling, voyaging, and language revival. And learn how you can respectfully engage with their living legacy today as ...